In common usage, most people use the word statistic to refer to research figures and calculations, either from information based on a sample or an entire population. Statistics means different things to different people.
The best way to see the Hollywood Sign is to drive up Beachwood Drive (north of Hollywood Boulevard). The Sign is clearly visible most the way up Beachwood, although the hills begin to obscure the view of the Sign near the top of the drive.
Sign of the times: The Hollywood sign has been changed using white and black tarp to read 'Hollyweed', 41 years after it was first altered by an art student in recognition of California's marijuana laws, which were changing at the time.